A criminal gang utilizing ChatGPT for program optimization to conduct ransomware attacks for extortion was recently arrested by local police in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, media reported on Thursday.
根据媒体报道，最近在中国浙江省杭州市，当地警方成功逮捕了一伙犯罪团伙，该团伙利用ChatGPT进行程序优化，进行勒索式勒索软件攻击。
On November 20, the police in Shangcheng district in Hangzhou received a report from a company stating that their servers had been attacked by ransomware, resulting in the company's systems being unable to operate normally. According to media reports, the perpetrators demanded 20,000 USDT ($20,000), also known as the Tether, as ransom.
11月20日，杭州市上城区警方接到一家公司的报案，称其服务器遭到勒索软件攻击，导致公司系统无法正常运作。据媒体报道，攻击者要求支付2万美元的Tether（USDT）作为赎金。
The local police carried out detailed inspection of the affected servers, extracted the Trojan program for analysis, and conducted multidimensional assessments of the virtual currency addresses used by the suspects for extortion. As a result, they successfully identified two suspects.
当地警方对受影响的服务器进行了详细检查，提取了特洛伊程序进行分析，并对嫌疑人用于勒索的虚拟货币地址进行了多维度评估。结果，他们成功地确定了两名嫌疑人。
On November 30, the local police apprehended two suspects in Hohhot, North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. With the arrest of another two co-criminal suspects in Beijing the next day, all four suspects of the gang were arrested.The four suspects possess qualifications related to network security and have previous experience working for large-scale internet technology companies. They admitted to their involvement in writing the ransomware version, optimizing programs using ChatGPT, conducting vulnerability scans, infiltrating to obtain permissions, implanting the ransomware, and carrying out extortion.
11月30日，当地警方在内蒙古自治区呼和浩特市逮捕了两名嫌疑人。随后的一天，另外两名共犯嫌疑人在北京被捕，该团伙的四名嫌疑人全部落网。这四名嫌疑人具有与网络安全相关的资质，并在大型互联网技术公司工作过。他们承认参与了编写勒索软件版本、利用ChatGPT进行程序优化、进行漏洞扫描、渗透获取权限、植入勒索软件以及实施勒索等行为。
Ransomware attacks are one of the hacking methods closely related to the daily production and life of internet users and enterprises. Hackers spread ransomware through email, instant messaging tools, and other means to force users to pay ransom as a form of extortion, by means of using encrypting user files, disrupting computer functions, disclosing or deleting sensitive user data as a threat.
勒索软件攻击是与互联网用户和企业的日常生产生活密切相关的黑客手段之一。黑客通过电子邮件、即时通讯工具等方式传播勒索软件，通过加密用户文件、破坏计算机功能、威胁性地泄露或删除敏感用户数据，强迫用户支付赎金。
